Bung-bottle



(N0 Mdel.)

* vs. P. common.

BUNG BOTTLE. No. 287,908. Patented Nov; 6,1883.

FIG. 3.

WITNESS: INVENTUR:

' Byhis Atty.

Nrrnn STATES PATENT Fries.

SIMOX r. CONNOR, or s'r. HELENA, cnmrounin.

; BUNG-BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IEatent No. 287,908, datedNovember 6, 1883.

Application filed July 11, 1883.

(No model.)

California, have made and invented certain Improvements in BungrBottles;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the nature of my said invention, and of the manner inwhich I 'proceed to construct, apply, use, and carry out the same, theaccompanying drawings, herein-' I after referred to, forming a part ofthe specification.

This invention relates to devices for inser tion into the apertures ofcasks, barrels, and like receptacles, to provide for overflow and escapeof liquid by expansion or the escape of generated gases withoutpermitting access of external air.

My invention provides a device more esupecially adapted for the nursingortreat-ment of wines, and it includes a means for reducing to a smallarea the surface of liquid that is exposed to the action of theatmosphere, of permitting overflow of the liquid under expansion and theready replenishment thereof after contraction, and particularly ofexposing toview at all times the condition of the liquid at the surface.

It consists of a bottleshapedvessel having an open bottom surrounded-bya rim or circular flange, and a bulging body contracted at the top intoa tubular neck. The bottom rim ,is adapted to fit tightly into abung-hole or the aperture of the liquid-receptacle, and the open top ofthis tubular neck is fitted with a valve having an air-tight seat uponthe top of the neck, and kept in place by virtue of its own weight.Immediately below this valved out-let there is fixed a trough having adischarge-spout to catch and lead off the overflow from the outletbeneath the valve.

In the accompanying drawings, herein referred to by figures and letters,Figure 1 is a vertical section of my device, showing its attachment to acask. Fig. 2 shows details of the valve 13. Fig. 3 is a view of thetrough O.

A may represent my device inserted into the bung-hole of amine-cask, inreadiness for operatiomof which a is the body and chamber,

a the bottom flange or neck tocfit the cask, a? the contracted tubularpart, and a? the outlet.

B is the valve, and G the overflow-trough, having the conductor 0.

I form the entire part A of glass of the character or quality suitablytransparent to ex pose the liquid within to view and inspection. Theflange or neck around the bottom opening is fitted with a rubber orother suitable packingring, d, which, being compressed and inserted intothe bung-hole, will seal the joint between the cask and the neck andprevent entrance of air. Upon thetop, and surrounding the edge of theoutlet, is fitted a disk, d, of rubber or elastic substance, to form aseat for the valve 13, while the face of the valve is surfaced withsimilar substance, I), the contact of which two surfaces will give aclose airtight joint. The valve is formed of metal or of glass, as maybe best adapted for the purpose. It has three radial ribs, 6 b 1;,projecting from the face or bottom side, and the top is madesufficiently heavy to hold it to its seat against ordinary pressure fromwithin. The ribs 1) fit into the neck a, and serve to guide the valve inits perpendicular movements, sufficient space being afiorded between theribs for free passage of the liquid during periods of overflow.

I prefer to make the outside of the contracted neck portion of thevessel somewhat taper them. Vhatever liquid escapes over the top of theneck is caught by the trough and carried off to any point of dischargethrough this outlet-tube. This trough may also be formed of glass or ofmetal, as may be more suitable to the character of the liquid undertreatment.

Now, as thus constructed, the device, or, as I have) termed it, thebung-bottle, is properly fixed in thebung-hole of a cask, and a quantityof liquid is poured in through the top aperture, to raise the surface ofthe liquid from the cask up into the body of thcvcssel. The valve isthen. placed on its seat, and connection of the trough-spout is madewith a suitable receiver to save the overflow. When expansion takesplace within the cask, the valve is lifted and the pressure is relievedby overflow of the liquid. The quantity escaping is caught by the troughand conveyed'to any receiver placed conveniently for the purpose. Aftersuch discharge, the valve returns immediately to its seat by virtue ofits own weight, and shuts off access of air to the cask. Contraction ofthe body of the liquid is indicated by theheight at whichthe liquidstands in the vessel A, and when the surface falls, a sufficientquantity of liquid to bring the level up again is supplied through thetop aperture, the valve being raised up or taken out for the purpose.

In addition to its office and action of allow ing overflow of liquidwithout ingress of air, and of bringing the surface of the liquid toView and inspection at all times, my device is of especial value inserving to reduce the area of surface that is'exposed to contact withair, and consequent oxidizing action thereof, for as the amount ofoxidation in liquids of this character takes place in proportion to thebreadthof surface exposed, it will be noticed that the liquid beingbrought up into the body of the bottle by filling upthe cask after thebottle is fixed in place, the surface exposed to the air is contractedwithin the limits of the vessel to a much smaller area than it ispossible to obtain within a cask.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is f 1, The vessel A, adapted for connectionwith the bung-hole of a cask or like aperture in other receptacles,having an enlarged transparent body, a, contracted neck a, and outlet acontrolled by a valve, B, normally closing the in let, and the inlet a,for admission into the body a of the liquid contained in the cask orother receptacle, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

2. The combination together of the vessel A, having the contracted necka and outlet a at the top, and an inlet below surrounded by a projccting rim that is adapted to fit the bunghole of a cask or other likeaperture, and the overflow-trough 0, having a discharge-spout, c,substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

3. An improved bung-bottle for wine-casks and like situations,consisting of the body A, with inlet in the. bottom surrounded by theprojecting rim a, and having the contracted portion terminating in anoutlet, (0, the gravity-valve 13, having suitable guides, b, and theoverflow-trough c, surrounding the neck below the top thereof, andprovided with a dischargespout and conductor.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand.

SIMON P. CONNOR.

lVitnesses: 7

CHARLES KRUG, H. KIROHWEGER.

